WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:03.720 You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:09.919 AM six forty KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, 3 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:14.640 Orange County. It's time for your morning wake up. 4 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:23.719 Call, and good morning. 5 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:32.200 This is your wake up call for Thursday, January two, 6 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:34.960 twenty twenty five. It is five o'clock in the morning. 7 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:39.439 I'm Michael Monks, sitting in for Amy King again. You know, 8 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:42.719 despite the tragic start to the new year in America, 9 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:45.880 I hope you had time to enjoy your family and 10 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.960 your friends, find some time to feel optimistic about what's 11 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:55.280 ahead for you, maybe feel some gratitude. Rough day yesterday 12 00:00:55.359 --> 00:01:00.799 all around the country, lots of bad stuff happening, and 13 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:02.439 I'm the guy who gets to tell you this morning 14 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:08.519 there's more. So we'll get through this together, and surely 15 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:11.159 there are better days ahead in twenty twenty five. But 16 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:15.079 for now, just find some space for yourself, keep your 17 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.079 head on straight, and let's dig into what's going on 18 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:22.519 in the United States of America today. Here's what's a 19 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.519 head on wake up call. We got lots of developments 20 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:27.959 in that terrorist attack at New Orleans and the cyber 21 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:31.239 truck explosion in Las Vegas. In just a few moments, 22 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:33.959 we'll dig into what happened outside the Trump Hotel in 23 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.879 Las Vegas where the cyber truck exploded. ABC News investigative 24 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:42.000 reporter Peter Harlambus he'll join us with the latest in 25 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.319 that investigation. We've learned more about the man who killed 26 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:50.280 fifteen people in New Orleans by ramming his rented pickup 27 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:53.719 truck in a busy street in the French Quarter. ABC 28 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.439 News National correspondent Steven Portnoy will join us. He'll have 29 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.640 all the details on what did happen and what is 30 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:03.719 happening now in New Orleans in terms of that investigation. 31 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:08.719 And then later this hour, it's been eighty years today 32 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:12.840 since Japanese American families were released from internment camps here 33 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:15.240 in the US where they were placed during World War Two. 34 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.919 One family returned to their home in East LA where 35 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:22.800 they had roots for decades before and in the decades since. 36 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:25.039 We'll talk with one man who is still keeping the 37 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:28.759 family's experience alive in East LA and he'll talk about 38 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:33.000 why that story should continue to be told. And then 39 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:35.039 at the top of the hour six oh five, we've 40 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.439 got handle on the news, we'll dig more deeply into 41 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:42.039 some of these stories and other stories serious and otherwise 42 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.439 six oh five. Wayne Resnik is in for Bill for 43 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:47.319 the rest of the week. I'll join Wayne for that 44 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:50.400 six o'clock hour, and hope you can join us as well. 45 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.479 We'll start now with some stories coming out of the 46 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:56.199 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Another person has been found 47 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.919 dead on a freeway in La This time it was 48 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.199 on the five near Link Heights, where the CHP responded 49 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:05.280 just before two o'clock this morning. The body was found 50 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:07.879 partially in the right lane and right shoulder on the 51 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.319 northbound side at Broadway. Multiple lanes had to be shut 52 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:13.879 down for the investigation. Yesterday morning, a man with no 53 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.000 pants on was hit by a car and killed while 54 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:20.080 walking on the one ten near downtown La. And a 55 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.719 man has died after crashing his SUV into a horse 56 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.639 trailer on the sixty Freeway and Diamond Bar. The twenty 57 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:29.000 year old driver's vehicle overturned in the hov lane on 58 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:33.360 the eastbound side near Golden Springs. Drive Jose Santos and 59 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:36.639 Alasko died at the scene. A driver and passenger in 60 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.280 the pickup that was pulling the horse trailer were not injured. 61 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:43.800 How about the price of eggs. The price of a 62 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:48.599 dozen eggs in California has jumped to nearly nine dollars 63 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.879 in some areas due to high demand and eight bird 64 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:55.080 flew outbreak. The US Department of Agriculture has noted that 65 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:58.360 the average price for large eggs has risen by seventy 66 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:02.719 eight cents to eight dollars and ninety seven cents per dozen, 67 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:07.039 largely because of reduced supply. The FDA reported a four 68 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.439 percent drop in egg production in November that is also 69 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:15.560 driven up the prices. Here's some good news, maybe for 70 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:19.199 younger people in your lives. Students in California may find 71 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:23.279 themselves with less homework. The Healthy Homework Act, signed by 72 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:27.519 Governor Gavin Newsom, encourages school districts to create homework policies 73 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:31.839 that consider students physical and mental well being, with input 74 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.879 from parents, teachers, and students. While the law doesn't ban homework, 75 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.920 it aims to make it more manageable. The new law 76 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:43.079 mandates that the California Department of Education post homework guidelines 77 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.240 online for the next school year and requires school districts 78 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:50.639 to create their own homework policies by the start of 79 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:54.360 the twenty twenty seven school year. In addition to the 80 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:57.560 tragic chaos in New Orleans, a second event happened in 81 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.399 Las Vegas, where a Tesla cyber tr exploded outside the 82 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:05.000 Trump Las Vegas Hotel. Who runs Tesla Elon Musk, whose 83 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:07.759 name is on the hotel the President elect. Musk and 84 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:10.360 Trump have worked closely together since the election and plan 85 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:12.959 to collaborate during the new administration on the Department of 86 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:16.879 Government Efficiency. So was this also some kind of message. 87 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:22.279 It's being investigated. ABC News investigative reporter Peter Harlambus joins 88 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:24.439 us live from New York to discuss Peter, thank you 89 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:25.639 for being with us this morning. 90 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:27.120 Thanks for having me. 91 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.600 So this Tesla explosion, this cyber truck explosion, does not 92 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:32.360 look like it was an accident. What can you tell 93 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:34.480 us about the scene that unfolded in Las Vegas. 94 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:38.279 It was really a shocking scene yesterday. According to Las 95 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:42.120 Vegas Sheriff Kevin Mchail, this was an isolated incident and 96 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.560 there's no threat to the public. But these images they're 97 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.560 seeing this cyber truck pull up loaded with firework style mortars, 98 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:52.600 gas canisters, and fuel before it exploded underneath the Trump 99 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:56.800 Hotel Las Vegas was certainly astounding to see. We know 100 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.040 that the driver was killed in the attack and seven 101 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:02.319 were injured. Are now investigating any possible links between that 102 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.199 incident at the Trump Hotel and that attack in New Orleans. 103 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:07.639 As of this morning, there's no evidence linking the two, 104 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:10.839 but there are concerning similarities, ranging from the fact that 105 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:13.360 these were both attacks carried out with trucks on New 106 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:16.079 Year's Day and they were rented through the same vehicle 107 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:16.720 renting app. 108 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.360 I was going to ask about this vehicle renting app 109 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:24.720 that's called Touro, And you know, obviously people use apps, 110 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:27.759 and maybe people who are plotting separate crimes or acts 111 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.279 of terror are not communicating with each other just because 112 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.759 they have access to an app. But what is this app? 113 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:36.399 Yeah, so Touro is an app where you can rent 114 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:39.600 a car like you would rent a room from someone 115 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:43.759 via Airbnb. Anyone could list their car in assuming they 116 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.879 have the proper insurance, and you can rent the fancier, 117 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:50.839 more exotic vehicles, for example, like Tesla cyber trucks. At 118 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.040 this point, though, investigators are saying this is isolated, that 119 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:56.319 these weren't connected, or at least they haven't seen any 120 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:59.000 evidence connecting the two. The fact that this happened on 121 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.319 New Year's Day and they were both rented through Truro 122 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.480 at this point remains just a coincidence, though investigators are 123 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:05.680 pursuing any possible lead. 124 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:07.759 What can you tell us about the person who died 125 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:09.120 and signed the cyber truck? 126 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:12.800 So investigators haven't publicly named the suspect yet, but we 127 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:15.360 do know some information about who rented this vehicle. It 128 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.600 was rented by an Army veteran from Colorado Springs. Overnight, 129 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:22.519 we saw atf agent searching that home that we believe 130 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:25.639 belong to the suspect. Here, according to law enforcement, this 131 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.680 suspect wasn't showing signs of allegiance to a particular group, 132 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.920 unlike what we saw in New Orleans where the suspect 133 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.800 was inspired by ISIS. And we do know that he 134 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.240 left Colorado Springs in the thirtieth He arrived in Las 135 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:41.160 Vegas in the morning of New Year's Day, drove up 136 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:43.519 and down the strip a number of times before pulling 137 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:48.319 into this hotel and eventually having this car explode underneath 138 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:51.959 a canopy. Interestingly, they haven't found a detonator among the wreckage, 139 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:54.920 so they're trying to figure out how exactly these explosives 140 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:55.759 were set off. 141 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:58.319 So similar to the attack in New Orleans, Peter, this 142 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:00.759 was an Army veteran as well. 143 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.600 Yeah, based on what we know about who rented the vehicle, 144 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.519 and again they haven't publicly named the suspect, so investigators 145 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.360 haven't made that connection quite yet. We do believe it 146 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.120 was rented by an Army veteran. I hope and I 147 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:15.319 expect that today we'll learn a bit more about the 148 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:18.000 suspect in this case, and if this person who rented 149 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.199 the vehicle, it's the same person who died in the attack, 150 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:23.000 will hopefully get some more information about their service record. 151 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.240 We don't know all the facts yet, obviously, as you 152 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:29.120 just noted, but this is a Tesla cybertruck that exploded 153 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:33.600 outside a Trump hotel. The symbolism of the moment seems 154 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:37.039 clear to anyone who paid attention to the election last year. 155 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:42.399 What are we learning, if anything, about why it happened 156 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:43.399 where it did. 157 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:47.720 At that point. At this point, the motive of the 158 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.159 fact that you're having, again this vehicle associated with Elon 159 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:55.080 Musk exploding at a property associated with Donald Trump is 160 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:58.000 a point of concern, but at this point an unanswered 161 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:01.240 question for investigators. Whether there was any kind of political 162 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:05.799 motivation is unknown. The image there of this smoldering trunk 163 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:12.919 Trump truck underneath a Trump Hotel property is staggering. At 164 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:17.039 this point, Elon Musk is cooperating with investigators. Investigators have 165 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:21.080 praised him for his help unlocking the vehicle and also 166 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:24.399 getting surveillance footage. It's interesting as well. I mean, the 167 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.600 cyber truck is a unique vehicle and it seems to 168 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:29.240 absorb a lot of the damage from this explosion. There 169 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.279 was very minimal damage to the actual Trump Hotel property. 170 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:35.200 I was just going to ask you about how Elon 171 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:38.240 Musk helped. You mentioned there that he unlocked the vehicle 172 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:40.919 and has helped with some surveillance. I think there was 173 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:44.000 a charging station involved as well. 174 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:47.720 That's right. So Tesla has been cooperating with investigators. They 175 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:52.879 provided them footage, especially from that charging location along the way. 176 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:56.720 Law enforcement thanked Musk, and Musk has been kind of 177 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:59.679 vital in putting out information about what they believe caused 178 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:02.159 this in At first, there was a concern maybe this 179 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:05.440 was some kind of lithium ion battery explosion. That was 180 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:10.840 quickly disproven, with Tesla confirming that all of the analytics 181 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:14.480 from the truck suggested that it was improper function when 182 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:18.200 it exploded, and that the explosion itself could be blamed 183 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:21.639 on those fireworks style mortars. They also found gas canisters 184 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:23.960 and fuel in that truck bed, suggesting that this was 185 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.200 an intentional explosion. 186 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:30.240 Peter Harlambus's ABC News investigative reporter. He's joined us live 187 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.039 this morning. Peter, Thank you so much for the time 188 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:32.519 you gave us. 189 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:33.960 Thanks much for having me. 190 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:38.279 President Joe Biden has said he will award the nation's 191 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:43.519 top honor excuse me, the nation's second highest civilian award 192 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.600 on Liz Cheney and Benny Thompson, the lawmakers who led 193 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:50.399 the congressional investigation into the violent January sixth, twenty twenty 194 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:54.399 one riot at the US Capitol led by Donald Trump's supporters. 195 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:58.600 Trump has said Cheney and Thompson should be jailed. Biden 196 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:02.360 will award the Presidential Doesn't Medal to them and eighteen 197 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:05.639 other people today, including Americans who fought for same sex marriage, 198 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:10.120 a pioneer in treating wounded soldiers, and former US Senators 199 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:13.879 Ted Kaufman of Delaware and Chris Dodd of Connecticut, longtime 200 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:17.799 friends of the President, movie tickets haven't sold as well 201 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:20.480 in the past year. The annual domestic box office is 202 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:23.799 expected to end up at around eight point seven billion dollars, 203 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:26.399 down three percent from the year before. In the pre 204 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:31.360 pandemic norm the annual box office regularly surpassed eleven billion dollars. 205 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:34.639 But industry experts have said there are some lessons to 206 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:39.039 be learned from what worked, including PG rated and animated 207 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:43.399 movies and re releases, and what didn't work, like the 208 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:47.360 Joker sequel, So we'll see how Hollywood does this upcoming year. 209 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:51.759 Early films from Walt Disney, Alfred Hitchcock, and Clara Bow 210 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:54.720 have all entered the public domain this year, so if 211 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.960 you're interested in making a movie of your own or 212 00:11:57.080 --> 00:12:00.440 any other type of creative use with those titles, it's 213 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.519 all yours. As of yesterday, the copyright expired for thousands 214 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.440 of titles from nineteen twenty nine, making them free for 215 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:10.759 public use. That includes many audio recordings from twenty nine, 216 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:15.080 including the original Singing in the Rain, George Gershwin's An 217 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:20.320 American in Paris, and Ravel's Bolero. Early classic books from 218 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.360 William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and Virginia woolf are now also 219 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:29.879 in the public domain, as is the comic strip character Popeye. 220 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:32.720 Ten people shot outside a nightclub in New York City. 221 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:36.240 Police have said four men on foot approached a group 222 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:40.120 of fifteen people ranging in age from sixteen to twenty 223 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.879 outside the club in Jamaica, Queens. Three of those men 224 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:46.960 open fire. Police have said that this was not an 225 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:50.759 act of terrorism. The suspects are still on the loose. 226 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.720 The suspect in a cold case murder in Moore Park 227 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.759 will go on trial later this month. He's seventy three 228 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:02.000 year old Anchwan Nime of Victorvilleent. He's facing several charges, 229 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.720 including first degree murder. He's accused of killing seventy one 230 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:07.960 year old Dennis Leroy Wood back in April of two 231 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.919 thousand and four. Wood was found shot to death inside 232 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:13.799 his home in Moore Park. Prosecutor say name killed him 233 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:18.919 for financial gain. Lebron James's youngest son, Bryce, has committed 234 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:22.360 to play basketball for the University of Arizona. The seventeen 235 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:25.399 year old shooting guard will head to Tucson in the fall. 236 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:28.840 James is currently a student at Campbell Hall High School 237 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.519 in the San Fernando Valley. He played at Sierra Canyon 238 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:34.759 High School in Chatsworth before transferring to Campbell Hall this 239 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:38.399 past May. Of course, Lebron James's oldest son, Bronnie, plays 240 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:40.919 in the Lakers organization now. He was drafted by the 241 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:44.879 team in twenty twenty four. Camerrillo High School will be 242 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:47.720 retiring the jersey of one of its most famous alumni. 243 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:50.720 The number twenty four jersey of Miami Heat star Jamie 244 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:56.200 Hakez Junior will be excuse me, Jamie Hakez Junior. His 245 00:13:56.360 --> 00:13:59.200 jersey will be retired on January fourteenth, the honor his 246 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.960 schedule during the Heat's trip out here to LA for 247 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:05.240 games against both the Lakers and the Clippersky has starred 248 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:08.120 at camar Rio High School before moving on to UCLA, 249 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:10.639 where he finished his college career as one of the 250 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:15.639 ten best players in school history in terms of points scored, steals, 251 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:19.000 and games played. Hakez was a first round draft pick 252 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:22.279 for the Heat in twenty twenty three. This is his 253 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:27.120 second NBA season. You see, if we have our guests, 254 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.200 where we do not have our guests, we will be 255 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:31.799 having a live report about the latest in the investigation 256 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:36.080 in what's happened in New Orleans. What's going on around 257 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:39.759 New Orleans both yesterday and today. We'll have that for 258 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:41.840 you coming up as as soon as we have found 259 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:46.960 ourselves connected to that. Of course, the attack in New 260 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:52.919 Orleans killed fifteen people, injured many more. Also canceled a 261 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:55.120 football game. A lot of people were in town to 262 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.320 celebrate New Year's. A lot of people were in town 263 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:01.799 to celebrate the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame. 264 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.080 We'll get an update on the status of that situation next, 265 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.159 but for now, I believe we are ready for our 266 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:10.000 live connection. The man who drove a rented pickup truck 267 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:12.440 into a crowd of New Year's celebrants in the famous 268 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:16.159 French Quarter of New Orleans was reportedly inspired by the 269 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:19.919 Islamic State. He had an ISIS flag on the truck. 270 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:23.360 So we'll talk about this forty two year old Army 271 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:27.240 veteran from Texas who was killed by police during this chaos. 272 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:30.240 The case is being investigated as an act of terror. 273 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:34.840 Our national correspondent Rory O'Neill joins US now Live. Rory, 274 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:37.919 what have we learned about this man? Yeah, good morning. 275 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:40.360 Well, we know he's born and raised in Texas, was 276 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:43.440 living in Texas at the time of this attack, and 277 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.559 that he served in the US Army and actually was 278 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:51.000 deployed to Afghanistan for a time. He had some business problems, 279 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.879 was trying to use his IT skills and apply it 280 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:56.759 to real estate somehow, but wound up with a chunk 281 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:59.399 of debt and an ex wife who was costing him 282 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.039 a lot of money. So we know he's also had 283 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.360 a couple of arrests in his past, a dui, some 284 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:08.559 other things, nothing violent, however, But exactly what turned him 285 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.200 to go from a man who once defended America to 286 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:13.639 attacking it That we don't know yet. 287 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:16.360 There were a lot of posts of his circulating on 288 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.080 social media. This was a guy who made some tweets, 289 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:24.159 made some LinkedIn post all seemed rather benign or maybe 290 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:26.720 just a little curious. And so you're saying, we don't 291 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.120 know exactly what might have pushed him over the edge here, 292 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:33.039 But what do we know about these alleged connections to 293 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.919 a terror organization? 294 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:38.080 Well, right, so the big question, We're going to hear 295 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:40.480 this a lot, so everyone watch out for this. You're 296 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:43.600 going to hear ISIS inspired, right, So he and he 297 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:47.039 had the ISIS flag, So was it ISIS inspired or 298 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:50.759 was it ISIS directed? And there's a big difference there 299 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:53.399 because you know, one, he may be trying to act 300 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:55.360 as a lone wolf and try to do this on 301 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:58.240 his own to curry favor with ISIS. But if it's 302 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:02.879 ISIS directed, that means that the terror organization was somehow 303 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:07.559 either influencing him, giving him money, trying to convert him 304 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.279 to attack his own home country. So I think those 305 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.279 are the two things that the FBI is trying to 306 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.079 find the distinction right now as to just how much 307 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:19.759 ISIS may have been involved as a terror organization. And 308 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.200 then are there links to what happened in New Orleans 309 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:26.240 with that explosion of the cyber truck outside the Trump 310 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:30.599 Hotel in Las Vegas. Both of them involved US Army veterans. 311 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.279 Both of these men served at one point at the 312 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:36.039 same Army base. Not sure if they ever crossed paths, 313 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:38.480 but at some point they both served at the same base. 314 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:41.079 They both use the same app to rent a high 315 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:43.680 end pickup truck to be available for them on New 316 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:48.160 Year's even New Year's Day, So coincidence or conspiracy. 317 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:50.400 Yes, we will find out. I know there are investigations 318 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.839 underway in both places and hopefully we will learn very soon. 319 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:57.759 I'm hoping Rory, that you can describe the scene for us. 320 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:00.759 It was obviously an immense tragedy and I've seen a 321 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:04.559 video clip of that truck starting to plow into folks. 322 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:08.559 It happened so fast. What can you tell us about 323 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.319 that scene? 324 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:12.400 Right the security camera footage is starting to come out 325 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:14.599 from some of the places that are located there on 326 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:16.680 Bourbon Street. It is an area that has a lot 327 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:19.599 of surveillance footage, so they'll be going through a lot 328 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:21.480 of that and that's going to take time. But just 329 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:24.400 the speed I've seen a couple of videos, the speed 330 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:28.640 that truck was able to achieve on that busy, crowded street, 331 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:31.160 even though three o'clock in the morning after New Year's Eve, 332 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:33.720 a lot of the folks were starting to wind things down. 333 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.440 But a gruesome scene to be sure, because after the 334 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.599 truck was stopped, of course, there was an exchange of gunfire. 335 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:43.440 You know, we've talked about the fifteen people who were killed. 336 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:46.200 More than thirty others still in the hospital. We don't 337 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:48.599 know who was hit by, who was injured by the truck, 338 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:51.759 who was injured by gunfire. Vice versa. We haven't seen 339 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:54.480 that breakdown just yet, but we do know that the 340 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:58.079 FBI has freed up the crime scene. So right now, 341 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.480 the sanitation crews are up Bourbon Street. It's going to 342 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:04.119 be up to the police superintendent there in New Orleans 343 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:06.559 and the mayor of New Orleans to decide if they 344 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:11.119 are ready to reopen Bourbon Street, maybe later today, just 345 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:13.599 a few hours ahead of the Sugar Bowl this afternoon. 346 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:16.799 Fifteen people are dead. What do we know about the 347 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:18.400 people who were killed? 348 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:22.640 Well, some of the information is slowly coming out. One 349 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:25.680 of them, we know, was a student at university in Alabama. 350 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:30.039 The others, you know, we saw mother and son couples 351 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:34.680 who were barely escaping what had happened. Yeah, so it's 352 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:37.119 been a broad mix of people and ages. Some of 353 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:42.039 them tourists from out of state, which isn't surprising considering 354 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:44.880 that kind of an event taking place for New Year's Eve. 355 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:48.240 So it's a broad mix again of these fifteen people, 356 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:51.279 and we're getting some of the profiles put together now. 357 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:55.519 We're talking with our national correspondent Rory O'Neill. We talked 358 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:59.000 a bit about any possible similarities between what happened in 359 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:01.480 New Orleans and what happened in Las Vegas on the 360 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:04.359 same day yesterday, But what is the status of this 361 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:07.880 specific investigation in New Orleans. There seem to be some 362 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:11.599 mixed signals just yesterday from officials at all levels about 363 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:14.200 whether he's being looked at as a lone wolf or 364 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.640 was he part of a group? 365 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:18.519 Well, right, and in some cases they don't want to 366 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:21.119 show their hand with the information that they have. Look, 367 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:25.400 we all leave behind very sticky digital fingerprints, right, even 368 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:27.799 using this app in order to rent the truck. 369 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:29.480 Well, now the app is on your phone, and your 370 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:31.720 phone has a GPS, and your phone knows where you've 371 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:34.599 been ever since you've had it in your pocket, So 372 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:38.359 they're gonna you know, they can recreate a person's life 373 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.880 thanks to all these digital devices pretty quickly. 374 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:43.079 So I think we're going to get a lot of 375 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:46.279 information about this man. And then the phones can actually 376 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:49.640 track who that phone was next to, and that can 377 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:53.839 help you identify known associates as well. So's it'll be 378 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:56.240 a lot of information though that has to be processed, 379 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.799 and I know that there's a high demand for information, 380 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:02.279 especially because you've got Marty Grass in New Orleans coming up. 381 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:05.079 The super Bowl is coming up there as well. So 382 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:08.119 these other big events that will draw tens of thousands, 383 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:11.960 hundreds of thousands of people also have the people the 384 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:15.359 city of New Orleans on edge, fearing that this man 385 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:18.240 may have other accomplices who are still out there on 386 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.160 the run right now. 387 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:21.960 What has the message been from state and local officials 388 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:24.759 about that? Specifically? You mentioned just moments ago that the 389 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:28.359 you know, Bourbon Street all of that may reopen today. 390 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:31.319 What are they saying. Are they saying come back. 391 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:34.680 Yes, because they're going to put that message out that 392 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:37.359 New Orleans is as safe as can be. The governor 393 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:39.880 said yesterday that he intends to be act the Sugar 394 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:41.880 Bowl to prove that it's safe. You know, they want 395 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.559 to show that they're a resilient community. It's always difficult, though, 396 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:48.960 to strike that balance that you want to mourn those 397 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:51.519 who were killed and injured, but at the same time 398 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:53.480 you want to stand up and say that, you know, 399 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:56.240 we're not going to change because of what these terrorists 400 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:59.880 are doing. So they're trying to strike that balance. Sadly, 401 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:02.559